The medicine from the Pacific yew tree is called taxol, it is used to fight breast and ovarian cancers.
Good clean muck
Good clean muck When manure is spread on fields, unhealthy
parasites can often find their way into streams and contaminate
them. Researchers looking for a solution to this problem are now
considering using a pasteurisation process which mixes recycled
materials, such as cement, lime kiln dust, coal ash, and gypsum
with the manure. This combination sets off a chemical reaction
which produces heat, ammonia, and a high-ph environment which could
kill the bugs infecting the streams. 2 OCTOBER 1999, P. 13